The Perfect Rules to Build Your Body Pt 2

In Part 1 we started to look at what you body really needs to ensure you reach your fitness goals. Not just basic repetitive rules, but thorough mind and body tips and requirements that will ensure you reach the next level.

Here we conclude by looking at further ways and means that will prevent the plateau, an increasingly unresponsive body and dwindling interest.

Too much of the same thing becomes good for nothing! Diminishing returns are your lot when you do the same thing over and over. Your body is intelligent and will just ignore you and your workout after a while. You must always give your body something new to do to get a new result.

At specific intervals change your training in line with your goal. Any program that is worth following will have some form or progression which should have changes of routine, exercise and rest periods.

Rest and Relaxation (R&R) – You need it!

R&R is possibly the most under-utilized and most misunderstood element in training these days. The rise of the 24hr gym, fitness DVD’s and self-promoting coaches on YouTube are leading people to believe more is more. Not so!

There is no need to be in gym every day for hours on end unless you’re working there. In most cases it’s counterproductive. Most of our bodily development and replenishment takes place when our body is at rest. Research has given us a figure of an average 8hrs sleep per day. The reality is you may need more after a heavy weight session or high intensity training.

The more active you are, the more waste products will be produced by the body. R&R allows the body to discharge waste from the body leaving it ready to do it all again.

Try to involve things like meditation for the mind. massage, steam rooms and sauna for the body. A well-constructed detox program, as well as yoga and praying can have a spiritual effect in unifying your operating system to relax you and recruit confidence.

Food and Supplement Management

Some people’s problems are not what they eat, it’s how much and when they east. Learning about the nutritional value and effects of ingredients in food is probably the single most important part of building your body. You’ve heard the term ‘you get out what you put in’ or, ‘you are what you eat’. Food is not just there to taste nice, it’s fuel for function, its medicine for healing and it’s what helps keeps the main organs functioning.

Understanding, knowing and applying correct food management will increase results 10-fold. Consuming a balanced diet should be standard, however to take your body to the next level you will need to consider bespoke food management. Do this by starting to learn about the ingredients in food and food groups. Start tweaking the areas of lack with supplements or new foods.

If this is sounds like too much for you, then you can pay a personal trainer or dietitian to help you.Examine Your Lifestyle

Whatever your profession, your home life and social life should be considered when building your body. If you drink or smoke this could have potential impact on your health. In addition to R&R try to engage in positive mental activities as well as physical ones. The mind in this time will play a key part in your life choices and thus will affect your bodybuilding regime. Whatever you enjoy as person in your nonprofessional or exercise time, make sure it’s something that will push your life in a positive direction.

Habits and addictions will always place you in the negative part of the mind. Emotions affect us all but Managing them and things that affect them are just as important and should be managed in the same way you would manage any other vital area of life.

‘Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.’ {REF Google},

Sums it up perfectly! So now that you have at least seven rules that help to achieve building your perfect body, you should find yourself on the right track to self-improvement and physical development. To connect with me for more on this topic, submit a proposal or follow me on my social links contact me here through my profile page.

About the Expert

Lovell is a fully accredited R.E.P.S registered level 3 advanced personal trainer. Passionate about the fitness industry, he has worked with a 100's of clients ranging from the general public to celebrities. Not one to be boxed in by theory and script, his approach and methods are vastly creative, spontaneous and experimental whilst adhering to the basic principles of goal setting and targets.

A fitness professional since 2009 and qualifying through the YMCA, Lovell strongly believes that a committed mind, body and soul are what are required to achieve excellence. Talented from an early age, he has participated in many sports

activities. However most of his success came from track and field in the sprint events in his junior years. In his teens he spent a 2 years studying the martial art Tang Soo Do, but this was halted due to a repetitive injury. He took up weight training aged 18 has been involved with the gym and fitness throughout his life.

His desire for self development and knowledge about how to improve and optimise the body is what has led him to become an instructor and mentor in fitness. He is inspired by great athletes such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee and Usain Bolt. Their unique approach to their talent has caused them to become arguably the highest achievers in their field and transcend their sport/discipline.

Lovell's aim is to affect as many lives as possible through fitness and help people reach their goals. He has a rich back catalogue of training experience & techniques, coupled with academic knowledge.

He is also a competing fitness/muscle model and currently competes for the Miami Pro federation. His physique and fitness have also landed him in roles as an acting supporting artist on blockbuster movies. He has been cast in military roles and body doubling.